Ruth:
the LORD gave Ruth conception,
the LORD had shut up Hannah’s womb
the LORD had shut up her womb
the LORD remembered her.
the LORD visited Hannah
the LORD would slay Eli’s sons
the LORD called Samuel:
the LORD called yet again, Samuel.
the word of the LORD not yet revealed unto him
the LORD called Samuel again the third time.
the LORD had called the child
the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel.
the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, (ears will tingle) I will perform against Eli all [things] which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end. For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not. And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever.
the LORD was with (Samuel), and did let none of his words fall to the ground.
the LORD appeared again in Shiloh: for the LORD revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD
Ark taken: the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod,
after they had carried it about, the hand of the LORD was against the city with a very great destruction: and he smote
the hand of God was very heavy there.
the LORD had smitten [many] of the people with a great slaughter.
He forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;
Samuel cried unto the LORD for Israel; and the LORD heard him.
the LORD thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them;
the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel
the LORD said unto Samuel, (the people) rejected me, that I should not reign over them. (Like when) I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day
the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king.
the LORD had told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came, saying, To morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, (he may save my people out of the hand of the Philistines) for I have looked upon my people, because their cry is come unto me. (And when Samuel saw Saul,) the LORD said unto him, Behold the man whom I spake to thee of! this same shall reign over my people.
When (Saul) had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart:
the Spirit of God came upon Saul (after company of prophets met him)
(Where’s Saul?) the LORD answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the stuff.
God had touched (the hearts of a band of men to follow Saul)
the Spirit of God came upon Saul (angry hewed, sent the oxen) so the fear of the LORD fell on the people,
the LORD sent thunder and rain (the day Israel demanded a king)
the LORD saved Israel that day:
He answered Saul not that day
Then came the word of the LORD unto Samuel, saying, It repenteth me that I have set up Saul [to be] king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments.
I have rejected him from reigning over Israel
I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.
And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear [it], he will kill me. And the LORD said, Take an heifer .. call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thou shalt do: and thou shalt anoint.. whom I name unto thee.
I have refused him(Jesse’s older son): for [the LORD seeth] not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.
To Samuel: the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this [is] he.
The LORD answered Samuel
and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that (anointing) day forward.
But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.
the LORD was with David, and was departed from Saul.
messengers sent to kill David: the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and then also Saul
David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the LORD said unto David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah.
Then David enquired of the LORD yet again. And the LORD answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into thine hand.
David asked if Saul would come down: the LORD said, He will come down. Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the LORD said, They will deliver [thee] up.
God delivered David not into Saul’s hand.
the LORD smote Nabal, that he died.
the LORD answered scared’ Saul not
David enquired: the LORD said unto him, Go up. Whither? And he said, Unto Hebron.
David waxed greater and greater: for the LORD God of hosts [was] with David
the LORD had established David king and exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's sake.
David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto David, Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into thine hand.
David enquired of the LORD, he said, Thou shalt not go up; [but] fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees. (Wait for sound): for then shall God/the LORD go out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines. And David did so, as the LORD had commanded
the LORD saved [them] by a great deliverance.(from Philistines)
And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him, (he died before God.)
the LORD had made a breach upon Uzzah:
the LORD blessed Obededom, and all his household/that he had.
the LORD had given David rest, confirmed David king
the LORD brought the fear of him upon all nations.
Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim: He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds: he brought him(David) to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance. So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.
the word of the LORD came unto Nathan,
I have not dwelt in [any] house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle. In all [the places] wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar?
I took thee (David) from the sheepcote,
I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name,
I will appoint/ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant them,
I commanded judges [to be] over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies.
I will subdue all thine enemies.
(The LORD) will make/build thee (David) an house.
I will set up thy seed after thee,
I will establish his kingdom.
I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever
I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever(more).
I will be his father, and he shall be my son.
If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:
I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took [it] from Saul, whom I put away before thee.
The LORD hath sworn in .. unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.
the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.
the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.
the LORD sent Nathan unto David.
the LORD struck the child that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.
the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.
famine three years, and David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, [It is] for Saul, and for [his] bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.
after that God was intreated for the land.
the LORD had delivered Daivd out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:
the LORD wrought a great victory that day
the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah
God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.
the LORD spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying, Go and say unto David, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three [things]; choose thee one of them, that I may [do it] unto thee.
So the LORD sent a pestilence
God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the LORD beheld and repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand.
the LORD commanded the angel
David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the LORD commanded.
the LORD had answered David in the threshingfloor
God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
Obed Edom eight sons for God blessed him.
and the LORD his God [was] with Solomon, the LORD magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed upon him [such] royal majesty
In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night:
God said, Ask what I shall give thee.
God said unto (Solomon), Because (Solomon didn’t ask for long life, riches, or life of enemies but instead understanding to discern judgment) I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; (so none like before or after) And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and honour:(above contemporaries)
I have made thee king (to judge my people) I will lengthen thy days, if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk
the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him:
the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying, [Concerning] this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I perform my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father: And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.
the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD
all the goodness that the LORD had done for David his servant, and to Solomon, and for Israel his people.
the LORD appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon. And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me:
If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people; …turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
I have chosen/sanctified/hallowed this house,.. to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.
And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, [and] wilt keep my statutes and my judgments: Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised/covenanted to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne/ruler of Israel. [But] if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments [and] my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them: Then will I pluck up/cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed/sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight;
God had put wisdom in Solomon’s heart.
the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the LORD God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice, (He) commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the LORD commanded. Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant. Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy father's sake: [but] I will rend it out of the hand of thy son. Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; [but] will give one tribe to thy son for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen.
And the LORD stirred up an adversary unto Solomon,
God stirred him up [another] adversary,
Rehoboam hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was of God/from the LORD, that he might perform his word/saying, which the LORD spake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying, (not to fight the ten departing tribes) return every man to his house; for this thing is done of Me/from Me.
(Rehoboam forsakes God and Egypt attacks: ) when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, .. I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak. (but only pay him tribute)
the word of the LORD came unto the prophet that brought him back And he cried unto the man of God…
the LORD said unto Ahijah, (that wife of Jeroboam cometh feigning as another)
Jerusalem was the city which the LORD did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there.
And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done.
according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel
Nevertheless for David's sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem: Because David did [that which was] right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any [thing] that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite
when he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned from him, that he would not destroy [him] altogether:
(the LORD had chosen Jerusalem to put his name there)
God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah
God delivered Israel into Judah’s hand.and the LORD struck Jeroboam, and he died.
no war: the LORD had given Asa rest.
the LORD smote the Ethiopians before Asa,
destroyed before the LORD, and before his host; and they carried away very much spoil. (: ) And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of the LORD came upon them:
the Spirit of God came upon Azariah
the LORD his God [was] with Asa
Asa's heart was perfect with the LORD all his days.the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying, Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins; Behold, I will take away the posterity of Baasha, and the posterity of his house; and will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat. Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat.
came the word of the LORD against Baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, in provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he killed him.
No rain: And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, ..hide thyself by the brook Cherith.. I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.
the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, Arise, get thee to Zarephath, .. I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.
the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah.
I pray thee, let this child's soul come into him again. And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah;
the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.
the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that [was] in the trench. And when all the people saw [it], they fell on their faces: and they said, The LORD, he [is] the God; the LORD, he [is] the God.
the word of the LORD [came] to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah?
he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD.
the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; [but] the LORD [was] not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; [but] the LORD [was] not in the earthquake: And after the earthquake a fire; [but] the LORD [was] not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
the LORD said unto him, ..I have left [me] seven thousand in Israel,
His answer unto Elias was, I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal.
the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, .. because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: [but] in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house.
when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.
by Naaman the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria:
the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; (mountain [was] full of horses and chariots)
The LORD smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.
the LORD opened their eyes, and they saw;
the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots,...
Bad but: the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to give him alway a light, [and] to his children.
the LORD said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in executing [that which is] right in mine eyes, [and] hast done unto the house of Ahab according to all that [was] in mine heart, thy children of the fourth [generation] shall sit on the throne of Israel.
In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel; he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, and followed the sins of Jeroboam And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of Hazael and Benhadad all [their] days. And Jehoahaz besought the LORD, and the LORD hearkened unto him: for he saw the oppression of Israel
the LORD gave Israel a saviour, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians:
Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz. And the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet.
the LORD spake by the hand of his servant Jonah,
the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, [that it was] very bitter: for [there was] not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel. And the LORD said not that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam
In those days the LORD began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.
according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel.
the children of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods, And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel, as [did] the heathen whom the LORD carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger: For they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing. Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, [and by] all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments [and] my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets. Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God. And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that [were] round about them, [concerning] whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them. And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal. And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight:
They transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed before them. And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away,
(As north) Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made. And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.
the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants the prophets
they feared not the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among them,
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the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim; But sought to the [LORD] God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.
the LORD stablished the kingdom in Jehoshaphat’s hand;
Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him; and God moved them [to depart] from him.
Then upon Jahaziel (line of Asaph) came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation; to Jehoshaphat,
when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon,
the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies
the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of [those] countries, when they had heard that the LORD fought against the enemies of Israel. So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest round about.
Jehoram wrought [that which was] evil in the eyes of the LORD. Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a light to him and to his sons for ever.
the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians,
the LORD smote Jehoram in his bowels with an incurable disease.
the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming to Joram: for when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab.
the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah
the LORD delivered a very great host intoo Syria’s hand, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers.
the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin.
the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet
God made him to prosper.
God helped him against the Philistines
But Uzziah changed
…the LORD had smitten Azariah with leperousy.
the LORD his God delivered Ahaz into the hand of the king of Syria; (Ahaz worshipped as heathen before cast out)
the LORD brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel; for he made Judah naked, and transgressed sore against the LORD.
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God had prepared the people: (for Hezekiah’s sudden revival)
the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king
the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.
the LORD saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib
Hezekiah kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses. And the LORD was with him;
the word of the LORD came to him, saying, ..tell Hezekiah.. I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: .. And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
Hez sick: He spake unto him, and he gave him a sign. But Hezekiah rendered not again.. heart was lifted up: therefore … wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem. … humbled himself for the pride of his heart, [both] he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the LORD came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah.
God had given Hezekiah substance very much.
God left Hezekiah, to try him,
Manasseh worse the heathen who the LORD had destroyed before the children of Israel. And the LORD spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not hearken. Wherefore the LORD brought upon them Assyria. God was intreated of Manasseh, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem.
evil in the sight of the LORD, after the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.Manasseh seduced: the LORD spake by his servants the prophets, saying, Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, [and] hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which [were] before him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols: Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I [am] bringing [such] evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle. And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as [a man] wipeth a dish, wiping [it], and turning [it] upside down. And I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; Because they have done [that which was] evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even unto this day.
Josiah: Notwithstanding the LORD turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him withal. And the LORD said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.
the LORD sent against Jehoiakim bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servants the prophets. Surely at the commandment of the LORD came [this] upon Judah, to remove [them] out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did; And also for the innocent blood that he shed: (filled Jerusalem) and the LORD would not pardon.Zedekiah did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
transgressions abominations: the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place: But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till [there was] no remedy. Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, he gave [them] all into his hand.
the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom,
God had raised up the spirits of several to go build the temple.
But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius:
(‘as the LORD had said’ - whether locally or according to the law is mentioned many times throughout the Chronicles of the kings but deleted for repetition)